The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 11, 1917, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I V r k -- • i u * > * Tr 7 “JukI Like a Member of fhe Family” ^ •;/ IE X^. J- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY f Uth,.ltlL ^ NUMBER 20. WARNING AGAINST COMING OF COTTON PEST. KITCHINGS—FLETCHER. ROBT. EASTERLING PEAD. PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED. WRECK NEAR FAIRFAX. Mrs. G. H. Mathis, of Alabama, Ad- ^dressed Large Gathering in Barn well Tuesday Morningi Beautiful Wedding Solemnized at Wil- listen on December 28th. • Well Known Young Man of Aiken Died Sunday After Sherf Illness.' The many friends fti Augusta of Mr. Robert Easterling, of Aiken, S. C., Williston, Jan. 7.—Very beautiful was the wedding solemnized in the Several hundred earnest, interest-1 Baptist Church Thursday, afternoon, I will be shocked to learn of his untime- ed farmers, business and professional December i28th, when Miss Alma ly death, which occurred Sunday night misrepresenting every nook and Kitchings, only daughter of Judge and at 7 o’clock, after an illness of 6nly m comer of Barnwell County, gathered Mrs. M. C. Kitchings, was married to three days, in the Court House at Barnwell Tues- Mr. Emsly G. Fletcher, of Charlotte, Mr. Easterling was a splendid young day morning to attend a boll weevil I N. C. • . V ; : fellow of sterling worth and was from conference, hefd ^der the auspices t ^ The church was filled to capacity by onfe *©f South Carolina’s most promi- . of the Bank of Western Carolina, and interested friends. . The Christmas nen ^ ^ am *^ es * was i®ized% # with if one can judge from the remarks decorations were unique and beautiful, P neumon * a ^ a8 ^ Thursday, becoming heard at the close of the meeting the being largely of mistletoe. Miss Mat- desperately ill from the very start, seed was sown on fertile ground and tie Weathersbee presided at the organ, I Although apparently well and strong, gives promise of a rich harvest. and Miss Hattie Smith sang in her rMr.Jgasterling wjmi in.reality of frail The meeting was called to order by lovely-s6jn*no voice, Me,” constitution, <hnd his powers of Tesis- Mr. P. M. Buckingham, manager- of I a8 tji® bridal party entered the church, [tafice were not strong enough to ,with=. Thf hririe«T w ri'* i f, 1 stand t>w-T»Vageii olHSe malady. the Barnwell branch of the , ^ , „ - ■ - efh Carolina, who, in a few well] nett and Valerie Trotti, dressed in ar- “Bob” Jtoterling, as he was famil- chosen remarks, requested Mr/H. M. tistio creations of . cream, carrying ia yly known to his more intimate Dibble, of Aiken, President of the bunches of mistletoe, with the grooms- friends, spent much of his time in Bank, to preside. In explaining the men, Messrs. Barney Johnson and Au £ U8ta » where he >yas held in the interest that his bank is taking in^re- Bryan Powell, preceded the bride, who Highest esteem by countless friends, 4 paring the farmers for the coming, of I entered under the escort of her fath the boll weevil, Mr. Dibble stated that <*. At the altar they were joined by two-thirds of the directors of the Bank the groom anf his best man, Mr. Co of Western Carolina live on farms and ^ en Segars, of HartsvBle, S. C, The that hundreds of farmers are. custom- ushers were Messrs. ^. A. Kennedy, ers of the various branches. From ^ r -* an d Quinby Eubanks, of Aiken, this it can be readily seen that the The ceremony was impressively per- intejests of the banks and the farm- formed by Rev. W. M. Jones. €V«^mkclosely allied. Mr. Dibble then I The bride was very lovely in her r^d Mrs. G. H. Mathis, of Ala- going-away gown of blue broadcloth, tfho is herself a practical farm- w jth accessories to match, carrying a et^Pl one who, having experienced super b bouquet of bride’s roses, the hardships that follow the invas- 1 made at a late hour last night, but it is understood that the obsequies will be held sometime on Tuesday.—Au gusta Chronicle, Jan. 8. /> The body of Mr.' Easterling was thought to Barnwell Tuesday and in terred in*the Barnwell Baptist Church yard beside the body of his father/the late Mr. Robt. Easterling, who pre- Immediately following the ceremony | cee ded him to the grave several years ton Of the. cotton pest, is devoting a the youn( , couple , eft by auto for Au . large ^part of her time in a determined fro|n which p , ace they went ' * ' effort to arouse the people to a reali zation of the terrible condition of af- later. " “The boll weevil is everybody’s job,” said Mrs. Mathis. “Not only . does it concern the farmer, but it is m problem that town people and coun try people alike must try to solve, the two classes - working together , for their mutual benefit.” * In the 4 course of her remarks, she likened the boll V weevil to death, in that it is bound to come, whether it is wanted or not. Whether or not the weevil will reach South Carolina in 1917 is problemati cal, said Mrs. Mathis, depending al- 9 most entirely on weather conditions. They swaryn in August like bees and if at that time high winds are blowing they have been known to travel as many as 300 miles in a season. Their Valuable Awards Made . to Members of Boys' Corn and Pig Clubs. CAN BAR SHIPMENTS. Ifr G. Boylstcn, county demonstra tion agent, has announced the prize winners in the Boys’ Com Club and Boys’ Pig Club Contests in Barnwell County for 1916. Fopr prizes were offered competitors in each contest, the dinners being as follows: ^ Corn Club. Ben Creech, 1 Barnwell^ 74 pomt§, winner of first prize, ’scholarship to Clemson College for two weeks with all expenses paid and $5 in cash. Furman Mitchell, . Williston, 71 S. A. L. “Flamingo Flyer” Runs into I Supreme Court Upholds Coastitutftoa- Open Switch at Schofield. | . ality of Webb-Kenyon Act. Clemson College for two weeks with all sxpciiBci paid. - ^-77--—- --- A. II. Still, Barnwell, 68 points^ third prize, $5 cash. Clarence Mitchell, ..Williston, 62 points, fourth prize, $2 cash. 4 Pig Club. NormSn Connor, Barnwell, first prize, $10 cash. Original weight of pig was 30 pounds; at the end of the contest it weighed 343 pounds, a total Several Seabojsrd Air Line Passen-1 Washington, Jan. 8.—In tho most get trains were detoured over the sweeping of all decisions upholding Southern Railway through Barnwell I prohibition l^ws, the supreme court Sunday as a result of a wreck between 1 today upheld as constitutional and Fairfax and Penmarlc when ' the | valid the Webb-Kenyon law prohibit- “Flamingo Flyer” ran into an open ing shipments of liquor from ‘Vet” switch, derailing the engine and sev- to “dry” States.' It also sustained eral cars. The engineer suffered in- I West Virginia’s recent amenclmeiit to juries that caused his death ft few her law prohibiting importation in in hours later and the fireman' was also terstate commerce of liquor for seriously hurt. Several other persons I sonal use. suffered minor injuries. Quite a num- After having been vetoed by Pwn- ber of people from Barnwell wept | i den t Taft, who lwhnt^ncon.titiitioo- points, second prize, scholarflupHid ' (tD 4 n , to Schofi ^ d Sunday to view the! K \ t an< j having been repassed by con- wreck. m , r ■ [ . . .. jw- - - A ~~ T ~ 1 The fotfc^hg dispatch from Fair-1 tained by tne supreme court by a vote of seven to two. Leaders of the pro hibition movement declare it is to who will be distressed beyond expres siorv to learn of his death., He was about twenty-five, years of age. Funeral arrangements had not hepn -gain of 313 pounds; 4 fcd for days, a gain of 1.2 pounds a day at a cost of 5.3 cents per pound. Yancie Weathersbee, Williston, sec ond prize, $7 cash. Pig raised at a cost of 6.5 cents a pound. Etheridge Baxley, Barnwell, third prize, $5 cash. Pig raised at a cost of 6n cents per pound. William ‘ Ray, Btackville, fourth prize,. $3 cash. Pig gained an aver age of 2-3 of a pound a day at a cost of 9 cents per pound. Prizes writ be matted to The winners in-the next fewldays, . - The Home Bank of Barnwell donat ed $5 in cash, $3 for the Pig Club and $2 for the Corn Club. 'faxlstaken from The State of Mon day morning: % Fairfax, Jan. l—Seaboard Air LineltHeir fight second only in importance passenger train No. 7, going south, known as the “Flamingo Flyer,” be tween New York and Jacksonville, was wrecked at Schofield at 7:35 o’clock this morning when Engineer to the proposed constitutional amend ment. lawyers for liquor interests who heard the decision today admitted it upheld and* applied the law “in its Hefary Petit was-fataHy injnrfid and I fullcnt fimnc ” the negro fireman, James Campbell, I Chief Justice White announced the was seriously hurt* J.vE. Anderson, I ma j or jty opinion, to which Justice baggage master, and E. H. Rhodes, I Holmes and Vandevanter dissented, conductor, were slightly bruised about Justice McReynolds, while agreeing the face. The injured engineer and | w i t h the majority decision, did net Mr. Easterling had many friends in next day to^Charlotte, N. C., wherel Barnwell, Where he made his home for e their home. quite a number of years during his On the night preceding the wedding boyhood. He is a nephew of Messrs, the bridal party was entertained at an John M. and B. L. Easterling, of this elegant reception at the home of ’the j city. "He was a frequent visitor here bride’s parents. The presents were and was popular among young and numerous and beautiful—cut glass, pld alike. silver and china, with many personal I Mr. Easterling is survived by his gifts for the bride. mother and one sister, who haye the Mrs. Fletcher is the only child of sincere sympathy of many sorrowing Judge and 44rs. Kitchings, and is a I friends. 1 young woman of many charms who will be sorely missed here by many friends. Mr. Fletcher is a prosperous young business man of Charlotte, afid is to be- congratulated upon winning so lovely a woman to be his life’s com panion. ^ PARTY AT ALLENDALE. fireman were taken to Columbia early this afternoon, to a hospital, accom panied by Dr. W. R. Tuten of Fairfax, who in response to a telephone call went to the scene of the wreck sooh after it -occurred. The cause of the wreck has not x| been established. The' train split a the -switch gate, the engine and ex press car keeping the main line, while the combination car and the cars fol lowing took the side track, which re sulted in the express car being jerked across the main line, the‘engine turn ing over on the siding. The combina- concur in the opinion. GOVERNOR HOLDS ACTS. May Veto Several Measures Pissei • by Last General Assembly. Mrs. P. J. Fulmer Delightfully Enter tained Her S. S. Scholars. TO INSTALL WARNING SIGNS. Southern Railway Plans Additional Safeguards at Crossings. Atlanta, Ga., January 5.—In addi tion to the familiar “Stop, Look and. Listen” signs, erected at crossings of Gov. Manning holds several acts, passed by the last General Assembly, which he has not yet signed. The gov ernor has given no intimation as to what action he will take on the meas ures. Three of the acts originated hi the senate and four in the house. If . . , • 1 • , - , • ., they are vetoed the acts will be re- tion car qu.t the ..din* and plunged turned to the hoMge jn which ^ into a field, plowing into the ground | It requircg , two _ thirda home, said Mrs. Mathis, as $2 worth of seed would make enough to supply I its lines and public highways, , the the average table. She told a very] Southern Railway plans to install ap- usual rate of speed is 50 miles a year. I amusing story in this connection about] proach warning signs in the highways No intimation will Joe given of the a farmer who confessed to her that he 300 feet away from the tracks. Per- boll weevil’s presence in a ffeld of cot- was very fond of a garden but hi's wife missiog will be asked of county author ton until the plant is ready to bloom, | was “too darned lazy to work it.”_ ities ad such signs will be placed be Another great help in the fight yond the railway’s right of way. / against the weevil is the raising , of It is . planned to place the signs on hogs, and the speaker displayed sev- the right of the highway, approach eral charts to illustrate how cheaply ing crossings, in the hope that they meat can be produced at home by the will attract the attention of auomo use of a pasture. The farmers of her bile drivers while they'have ample State, she said, have discovered the distance in which to stop. Experi- /alue of pop-corn and soy beans'as a enqe has shown that automobiles are ration for hogs. driven so swiftly on the public high- , In closing her remarks, Mrs. Mathis | ways 4hat frequently "their drievrs oleaded with her* 4 audience to help in he great missionary work that is to be done in preparing this section for the coming of the weevil. The speaker was interrupted several times by the applause of her hearers ind at the close ot her talk she was *3^?* instance of the devastation I ? reetcd with prolonged applause. Col. I mounted on pedestals nine-feet high, wrought by the pest, she cited state-J Harry D. /Calhoun, president of the being in accordance with standards ments that in some sections of Ala-j Home Bank of Barnwell, thanked Mrs. adopted, by the American Railway As- Mathis on behalf of the people of the sociation. county for her splendid address. Several months will be required for Two other speakers were down ofi placiTTg* these signs throughout the t and she stated that she has seen 100^ acre fields of cotton without a single bloom. When this condition arises, said Mrs. Mathis, the only thing to do is to quit planting cotton, as only temporary relief could be gotten by picking the weevils from the plants and this only during the first few months after the invasion. In describings conditions in Ala bama, Mrs. Mathis said that 150,000 people are on the verge of starvation, living on-only one meal a day, and that people have been moving away from, infested areas so rapidly that 20 coun- tio^^Mississippi are almost depopu lat fail to bring them under control after they see the customary sign on the railway’s right of way. The approach- signs will consist of the letters “R. R.” and a cross paint ed boldly in black on a white field on cast iron disks 24 inches in diameter, bama it required from 45 to 65 acres of land to grow one bale of cotton, apd banks refuse credit to all who, refuse to grow food and feed stuffs sufficient Xor their own needs and only six acres of cotton to the mule. In a plain, unvarnished manner she told of incidents in which she was vi tally concerned to prove the truth t)f Allendale, January 8.—Mrs. P. J. Fulmer, teacher at the Methodist Sun day School, delightfully entertained her class of girls on Tuesday evening of last week at seven o’clock. Eacti member waa given the privilege of in viting a boy or girl friend. . When the guests arrived at the house, which was prettily decorated with small trees and leftVes, sides were chosen for several amusing contests to decide which should have the pleas ure of first being served with refresh ments. The opposing teams were called “holly red’ 4 and “evergreen,” and the members were given cards with red and green ribbons respectively. There were five contests, which r# : suited in two victories for the red, two for the greens and one a tie. The main question, however, had not been decid ed, so it was necessary to draw straws, the reds being the lucky winners. Dainty refreshments, consisting of a salad course, followed by a sweet course, nuts, candy, apples and orang es, were then .served, first to the reds and then to the greens. Among those who enjoyed Mrs. Ful mer’s hospitality were:' Kate Hiers, Louise Williams, Ernestine «J crdan » Coy Reeves, Rennie Bennett, Marion Keel, Leona and Bernice DeLoach, Louisfe Fowke, Elma Lazar, Carolyn Oswald, Virginia Warren; Messrs. so deep that the front end ofthe car was buried. The trucks under the passenger car follpwing the combina tion car and those under the dining car were crushed, but the three Pull- vote of each house to override the veto of the governor. The acts are: To place the election of the State man cars remained on the track. Two K ame warden in the hands of the wrecking trains, one from each end of era * as8e wHly % // the line, were soon at the scene and I To reduce the amount of whiskey began clearing the track, passage at allpwed for personal use from one gal- that point being reestablished about 8 Ion to two quarts a month and to al- .o’dock tonight. - ;t j tOW five dozen bottles of beer. - - To provide for the teaching of ag~ Henry Petit, engineer on the Sea- \ ricukure in the schools of the State, board Air. Line train No. 7, going i This bill was introduced by Senater south, which was wrecked at Scho field shortly after 7 o’clock yesterday morning was brought to Columbia yesterday afternoon to a hospital where he died about 6:30 o’clock in xthe afternoon, after an operation which-had been performed in a last effort to save his life. The negro fire man/ James Campbell, who was also injured and who was brought here,. x , on the same train is not thought to] 1S ^ a duplicate of havp Wn fatallv iniure.) other act whlch ha * '‘■ready been Laney. Practically the same bill was passed last year, coming from the house. To amend the code relating to drainage. To provide aq automobile license tax for Clarendon county. To validate a 'bond issue in Lime stone school district in Cherokee have been fatally injured. The deceased engineer was about 52 years of age and resided in Savan nah. He is survived by three sons and fwo daughters, J.. W. Petit, E. T. Petit, H. A. Petit and Misses Terace and Elizabeth Petit, all of Savannah. The body was sent to Savannah at midnight last night, accompanied by the five children, who arrived in Co signed. ♦ ♦ Asparagus growers , meet. J.. B. Knight President of South Car olina Association. the program, but for' sqme reason territory served by the Southern Rail- they were" unable.to. attend As Mit| way but in the meantime county offi Dibble expressed it, however, theii 1 absence enabled Mrs. Mathis to make a longer talk, from which the people 1 ^ no doubt derived more benefit than Keel, Winton Williams and Paul Ston ey. cers will be requested to grant the necessary permission. LEFT-HAND” HUMAN BODY. her statement that the South is facing | they would have from the other speak- era. —- - : - " • The Bank of Western Carolina is to be commended for its efforts in' pro moting the prosperity of this section PARTY AT LYNDHURST. Anatomist Says That Everything Was Wrong With King’s Body. ‘ija most serious situation since the War Between the Sections. The big job, she sgid, is in creating public sen timent and in this the newspapers play a big part. Large Number of Young People En joyed Delightful Entertainment. Lyndhurst, January 5.—A very en- by educating the people along the I joyable social event was the party Mrs. Mathis’ talk was not confined I lines of diversified farming, ^which given for the young people of this sec- alone to a recital of the effects of the leads to wealth, while - the one-crop tion on Thursday evening of last week boll weevil invasion, for she also gave system leads to poverty. * at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. some sound, practical advice as to the •- ' * . * Gantt. The guests of honor were Miss methods for combatting the pest. The - * Pindar-Fed Hogs. ^ Lila Stroman, a charming young lady groiring of food and feed stuffs is the 'While in the city Tuesday to attend of Springfield, and Miss Maud McCul- only sensible way, she said, and cited] the boll weevil meeting Mr. R. A. lough, ft popular young lady of Geor- the fact that South Carolina sends All, of Ulmer called at The People of- gia. After a delightful tea had *been away $75,000,000 a year for these pro- fice and told the writer of his exper- served many amusing and entertain- ducts alone, when as a matter of fact ience in fattening hogs on pindars, ing games were played. The guests ,they can be grown very profitably which is well worth publishing. departed at a late haur. here. * On September 1st, Mr. All turned r Among.those present were: Misses In advocating the growing of hay 25 hogs into a three-acre patch of pin- I Jessie E^-Fewke, Edith Hay, Emma li^nbia yesterday afternoon. From Tudor Farmer, Dan Warren, Julian Savannah the body win be taken to^ Augusta for interment.. Henry Petit is said to have been the oldest engineer on this division of the Seaboard Air Line, having been employed by the road in that capacity for about 25 years. Ah official of that fftTIway said last night that Mr. Petit was one of the best liked and most trustworthy engineers on this division^ being distinguished by his sunny dis- positioif and strict attention to his difty. He was a member of the Brotherhood • of Locomotive Engi neers, enrolled in Savannah lodge No. 803. . / / The wreck yesterday was the third time an engined driven by Engineer Petit had turned over. Some years ago ft serious wreck occurred when train No. 35/ going south, driven by Mr. Petit, collided with train No. 39, going north,“driven by .Fred Bell. The engineers Were brothers-in-law. as a substitute crop, Mrs. Mathis said I dars. Among the drove wfts" one pig that the people work themselves near- | that weighed 50 pounds. At the end ' ly to death now to keep from growing of four weeks, the hogs were turned hay, for they chop out grass in the into an adjoining field of 6 acres, where cotton fields, to make cotton to get they remained several weeks. At the money to buy hay with. In this con- end of 102 days, the pig that weighed Mrs.- Mathis told her audience only 50 pounds on September 1st was thii^B people of Alabama have made (killed and after being bled its weight ♦ *gre1^ftrides in , growing their own was 205 pounds, a net gain of 155 supplies, having cut down the amount pounds in 102 days, of about a pound ‘of imports in the last year by $60,- and a half a day. II such methods as ^©00,000. • 1 * this are followed by the farmers of The home garden is another great this section they need not fear the aid to the family that would live at l coming of the boll weevil. ^ and Sarah Hay, of Lyndhurst; Misses Lila.. Stroman, of Springfield, and Maud McCullough, of Brunswick, Ga.; Messes. Harold ^H. Hay, L. 0. and W. H. Fowke, W. B. Fowke, G. Drayton Gantt, S. H. Gantt, Clarence u a y an( j Dick Gantt, of Lyndhurst; Ffed H. Gantt, of Columbia, and Robert Mar- shall Gantt, of Charleston. „• Mr. and Mrs. Carter D. Fowke, of Beech Island, spent Sunday here, the guests of relatives. Mr. John Ellis, Misses Essie and Edith Ellis and Mrs. Norman Ellis, St. Louis, Jan. 5.—The body of Wil liam King, which has been preserved for twenty months, is described by an anatomist/‘*as left-handed both inside and outside,” according to a statement made today at the city hospital. On May 18, 1915, King, who was thirty- five years old, applied at the hospital for treatment. He said he was a la borer and'had lived most of his life in Wisconsin. He was suffering f^pm typhoid fever. When asked ,whd should be notifieid^n case of his death, King said: “Don’t worry about that. Just cut me up and examine my body; there’s something wrong with me besides the fever.” He died a few days later. . When surgeons made an examina tion of the body they found one of the most abnormal cases in the history of surgery. • The heart was on the ■•right side, the liver on the left; the appendix was on the left side and the spleen on the right. The stomach was turned around completely. On the left lung, was three lobes; the right lung had but two. The left kidney was larger and lower than the right one. of Martin, were here, for a few hours Ridge Spring, Jan. 8.—-The second annual convention of the South Caro lina Asparagus Association was hold here today with about 150 members present from Williston, Elko, Trenton, Hattieville, Aiken and Ridge Spring. Representatives were present *1—* from the Southern Railway, the pro duce exchange of New York, United States Department of Agriculture and Clemson College. The meeting was n very interesting one and the prospects for next season, were reported to be very bright. A contract for crates and nails were awarded to the Woed- stock - Manufacturing Company, of Charleston. J. B. Knight, of Greenville, was elec ted president, and J. W. Jones, at Ridge Spring, secretary ai^d treasurer for the ensuing year. f — » • l Tribute of .Respect Whereas, Divine Providence has moved from our midst our beloved Brother John A Lightsey, who wim n Frank W. Shealy, member, and J. I member of Buford Lodge No. 127, A. P. Darby, secretary of the railroad I F* Therefore, be it resolved: - commission, left late yesterday after- J First. That we bow in humbls sub- noon for Schofield to investigate the I mission to the will of our Heaveoljr wreck. The officials will return to I Father. Columbia this morning and make a report* to the railroad commission. Cotton Ginnipgs.* J . There were 41,103 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County^prior to December 13th, 1916, as compared with 34,"60 bales to the same date in 1915, an increase of 6,337 bales. The total for the entire State shows a de- on Wednesday evening, the guests of crease, the figupp being 894,017 bales friends. in 1916 and L l-,098^8^ bales in 1915. , Second. That we mourn the loss we have sustained in his death. Third. That we hereby extend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved fam ily and commend them to the love and care of amoving Saviour. Fourth. That these resolutions be placed on our minute book and a copy be sent to the family and to the Barn well People for publication. J. D. Jenny, Dr. G. W. I. fjoadholt, • J, W. Jenny. ^